EP 1895040 A1 20080305 - System for adjusting the height of a built-in household appliance, in particular a washing machine
Title (en)
System for adjusting the height of a built-in household appliance, in particular a washing machine
Title (de)
Vorrichtung zum Einstellen der Höhe eines Einbauhaushaltgerätes, insbesonders einer Waschmaschine
Title (fr)
Dispositif pour ajuster la hauteur d'un appareil ménager encastré, en particulier d'une machine à laver
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 06425598 A 20060829
Abstract (en)
A system for adjusting the height of a built-in household appliance, in particular a washing machine, includes a relay bar (1) extending from the front side of the machine to a rear corner (2) where an adjustable foot (3) is located, the rear end of said bar (1) being rotationally restrained in a horizontal gear (4) enmeshed with an adjacent vertical gear (5) housed in a casing (6) integral with the machine, said vertical gear (5) being aligned with a hole (2a) through which a seat (8) is secured on the machine. The foot (3) is formed by a base (3a) of non-skid material integral with a stud comprising a bottom shaped portion (3b) and a top threaded portion (3c), the seat (8) has a shape corresponding to the shape of the stud bottom portion (3b) that is rotationally restrained therein, and the vertical gear (5) has an internal thread, formed by means of a nut (9) locked in a corresponding seat (5a), in which the stud top portion (3c) is screwed. In this way it is possible to make the foot (3) with the stud integral with the non-skid base (3a), given that both of them remain still during the height adjustment, and dispensing with the play between the stud and the base (3a) makes the foot (3) more resistant to vibrations whereby the oscillations in the spin-drying phase are dramatically reduced.
IPC 8 full level
D06F 39/12 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A47L 15/4253 (2013.01 - EP); D06F 39/125 (2013.01 - EP US); F16M 7/00 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
- [A] DE 202004017329 U1 20060316 - LIEBHERR HAUSGERAETE LIENZ [AT]
- [A] DE 9112657 U1 19920116
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA HR MK YU
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1895040 A1 20080305; EP 1895040 B1 20081105; AT E413487 T1 20081115; DE 602006003555 D1 20081218; ES 2314868 T3 20090316; PL 1895040 T3 20090430
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 06425598 A 20060829; AT 06425598 T 20060829; DE 602006003555 T 20060829; ES 06425598 T 20060829; PL 06425598 T 20060829